Example sentences of "[noun pl] that [pers pn] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was not wearing any special clothes , but this lady — she was from an old Lucknow family could see by my manners that I was not a common person . ’ |
| 2 | During his tours of the Middle and Far East Duncan Sandys was made well aware by British Governors , High Commissioners and Commanders-in-Chief of the political and military risks that he was taking ; and local political leaders , like the Tunku Abdul Rahman in Malaya and Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore , warned him of the dangers of creating power vacuums that could be exploited by the Communist powers . |
| 3 | He had worked for so many nineteenth-century showmen that he was able to outdo them all . |
| 4 | Hodge hoped that the Joint Commission would resume its work and he did not wish to convey the impression to Koreans that it was American policy to prevent unification . |
| 5 | But other gang members warned my kids that I was to get slashed for grassing . |
| 6 | His trip here was a homecoming , and there were times when I could see in his eyes that he was reliving his first memories . |
| 7 | ‘ Normally , when I hit anybody with that punch they do n't get up , but as Ruddock was getting to his feet I just kept watching him and I could tell by his eyes that he was hurting bad . |
| 8 | I could see in his eyes that he was wondering why he had been advised to consult such a lunatic . |
| 9 | She could see in his eyes that he was thinking the same , as in a flat tone he told her , ‘ Point taken . |
| 10 | Hastily she pulled up the sheet , and saw by the gleam in his eyes that he was cynically amused by her modesty . |
| 11 | He could see by her awkward stance and darting eyes that she was acutely embarrassed . |
| 12 | She never knew how long she slept , but when she drifted back to consciousness she was aware even before opening her eyes that she was no longer alone in the room , and her body stiffened . |
| 13 | I , I , something floated in front of my eyes that she was thinking of applying on part time for the complaint examiner , but she did n't . |
| 14 | The central figure Source A whose ‘ evidence ’ Channel 4 relied on to make their programme has already admitted to RUC detectives and journalists that he was coached to read a script containing the allegations before Channel 4 cameras in a London flat . |
| 15 | The sleepers had been taken up and the flat , stony top of the ridge was so overgrown with blackberries and wild rose and hazelnut bushes that it was like pushing through a forgotten forest in a fairy tale . |
| 16 | By then James had , somewhat unwillingly , been persuaded by Mar and a few of his leading supporters that it was his duty to preserve the dynasty by making his escape . |
| 17 | Klaus denied accusations by opposition parties that he was copying Poland 's " shock therapy " , and that he was deliberately using inflation to soak up excess purchasing power . |
| 18 | Unfortunately , problems still remain with regard to delivery and it seems that in the case of an individual delivery will still be necessary as the old law still applies , with the result that a document will be treated as delivered when it is clear that it was intended by one of the parties that he was to be bound by the terms of the document . |
| 19 | He seems , on his own initiative , to have put himself through an extensive course of classics , modern languages and English literature , a combination of subjects that it was not then possible to offer at any university . |
| 20 | And this was only a part of the ceremonial which surrounded the office with glamour and reminded the king 's subjects that he was God 's anointed — a notion which inspired them with great awe , when they were not actually engaged in rebellion against him . |
| 21 | Does the Prime Minister recall my earlier concern that the parameters that he was instrumental in drawing up at the Rome summit , to separate an incipient European Community defence policy from NATO 's responsibilities for the defence of Europe , should be preserved ? |
| 22 | That was the one thing that was that I read in the books that it was kind of tradition for the men to wear black . |
| 23 | She talked of books , from what Clara , in her haze of observation , could hear : about some books that she was , ah yes , what was that word , reviewing ? a critic , then ? |
| 24 | That one 's very atmospheric , very similar to Sebastian and the stuff with orchestras that I was doing in 1974 . |
| 25 | Impressed that the system was so easy to use , so much more intuitive than the conventional CP/M and MS-DOS computers that I was then used to , let alone the minis and mainframes . |
| 26 | The youngest person on air is thirteen-year-old Kate Johnstone , who so impressed the team with her views on relationships that she was asked to star in front of the cameras . |
| 27 | Wise words that I was later to remember . |
| 28 | First , he was on a job , and secondly , he knew without putting into words that she was no girlfriend for an ambitious copper . |
| 29 | Of , one of the words that she was talking about , people have started using wicked for a normal phrase . |
| 30 | Jezrael leant lower over him , straining to hear the words that he was straining to tell . |